Updated on 09/2018

Mustafa Üstüner

C ONTACT Yildiz Technical University

I NFORMATION Work: +90-212-383-5326
Department of Geomatic Engineering
E-mail:mustuner@yildiz.edu.tr
34220, Esenler
WWW:avesis.yildiz.edu.tr/mustuner/
Istanbul, TURKEY

C URRENT Research Assistant, Yildiz Technical University March 2011 to present

P OSITION Department of Geomatic Engineering

E DUCATION Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Ph.D., Remote Sensing and GIS & Geomatic Engineering 2019 (Expected)
• Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fusun Balik Sanli & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gokhan Bilgin
M.S., Remote Sensing and GIS & Geomatic Engineering January 2014
• Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fusun Balik Sanli

Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

B.S., Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering, June 2010

V ISITING Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

R ESEARCH
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Geography, Department of Earth Observation, April 2018-Feb. 2019

University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP), St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Visiting Scholar, Geo-Spatial Analytics Lab, May–July 2013

J OURNAL [1] M. T. Esetlili.,F. B. Balcik, F. B. Sanli, M. Ustuner, K. Kalkan, C. Goksel„C. Gazioglu, and Y. Ku-
P UBLICATIONS rucu. Comparison of Object and Pixel-Based Classifications For Mapping Crops Using Rapideye
Imagery: A Case Study Of Menemen Plain, Turkey. International Journal of Environment and
Geoinformatics, 5(2):231-243, August 2018
[2] M. Ustuner and F. B. Sanli. Evaluating Training Data For Crop Type Classification Using Support
Vector Machines And Random Forests. Geodetski Glasnik, 48(1):125-133, November 2017
[3] M. Ustuner., M. T. Esetlili, F. B. Sanli, S. Abdikan, and Y. Kurucu. Comparison of Crop Classifica-
tion Methods for the Sustainable Agriculture Management. Journal of Environmental Protection
and Ecology, 17(2):648–655, July 2016.
[4] M. Ustuner., F. B. Sanli, and B. Dixon. Application of Support Vector Machines for Landuse Clas-
sification Using High-Resolution RapidEye Images: A Sensitivity Analysis. European Journal of
Remote Sensing, 48(1):403–422, November 2015

[5] S. Abdikan., G. Bilgin, F. B. Sanli, E. Uslu, and M. Ustuner. Enhancing land use classification with
fusing dual-polarized TerraSAR-X and multispectral RapidEye data Journal of Applied Remote
Sensing, 9(1):096054, May 2015.

C ONFERENCE [6] M. Ustuner, F. B. Sanli, S. Abdikan, and G. Bilgin. An Application of Roll-invariant Polarimetric
P UBLICATIONS Features For Crop Classification From Multi-temporal RADARSAT-2 SAR Data. In: Proceed-
& A BSTRACTS ings of the ISPRS TC I Midterm Symposium Innovative Sensing - From Sensors to Methods and
Applications, October 10–12, 2018 (Full text submitted)

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 [7] M. Ustuner., S. Abdikan, and F. B. Sanli. Classification of Forested Areas Using Morphological
Profiles in Dual Polarised ALOS/PALSAR Data. In: Proceedings of the IX Conference of the
Italian Society of Remote Sensing (AIT2018), July 4–6, 2018. (Full text in preparation to be
published)
[8] S. Abdikan, AI. Sekertekin, M. Ustuner, and F. B. Sanli. Backscatter Analysis Using Multi-
Temporal Sentinel-1 SAR Data for crop growth of maize in Konya Basin, Turkey. In: Proceedings
of the ISPRS Technical Commission III Symposium on "Developments, Technologies and applica-
tions in Remote Sensing", May 7–10, 2018 doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-9-2018
[9] U. Gokdag, M. Ustuner, G. Bilgin, and F. B. Sanli. Kernel Extreme Learning Machines for PolSAR
Image Classification using Spatial Features. In: Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Signal Processing
and Communications Applications Conference (SIU2018), May,2018.
[10] M. Ustuner, U. Gokdag, G. Bilgin, and F. B. Sanli. Comparing the Classification Performances of
Supervised Classifiers with Balanced and Imbalanced SAR Data Sets. In:Proceedings of the IEEE
26th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU2018), May,2018.

[11] M. Ustuner., G. Bilgin, and F. B. Sanli. Classification of Sentinel-1A SAR Data Using Principal
Component Analysis and Kernel Principal Component Analysis. In: Proceedings of the Inter-
national Symposium on GIS Applications in Geography and Geosciences (ISGGG 17), October
18–21, 2017.
[12] M. Ustuner., F. B. Sanli, G. Bilgin, and S. Abdikan. Land use and cover classification of Sentinel-
IA SAR imagery: A case study of Istanbul. In: Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Signal Processing
and Communications Applications Conference (SIU2017), May 15–18, 2017.
doi:10.1109/SIU.2017.7960373
[13] Abdikan, S., M. Ustuner, F. B. Sanli, and G. Bilgin. Combining Landsat and ALOS data for
land cover mapping. In: Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Signal Processing and Communications
Applications Conference (SIU2017), May 15–18, 2017.
doi:10.1109/SIU.2017.7960379
[14] M. Ustuner., F. B. Sanli, and S. Abdikan. Balanced vs Imbalanced Training Data: Classifying
Rapideye Data With Support Vector Machines. In: Proceedings of the XXIII ISPRS Congress (IS-
PRS 16), July 12–19, 2016.
doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B7-379-2016

[15] Abdikan, S., F. B. Sanli, M. Ustuner,and F. Calo. Land Cover Mapping Using Sentinel-1 SAR
Data. In: Proceedings of the XXIII ISPRS Congress (ISPRS 16), July 12–19, 2016.
doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B7-757-2016
[16] F. B. Sanli, M. Ustuner, F. B. Balcik, and C. Goksel. Investigating the Influence of Training Set
Size for Crop Type Classification using RapidEye. In: Proceedings of the 27th International
Cartographic Conference (ICC 2015), August, 2015.
[17] Balcik, F. B., F. B. Sanli, C. Goksel, and M. Ustuner. Coastal Zone Detection in Istanbul using
Landsat 8 OLI Image. In: Proceedings of the 27th International Cartographic Conference (ICC
2015), August, 2015.

[18] M. Ustuner., and F. B. Sanli. Testing the Sensitivity of Vegetation Indices for Crop Type Classifi-
cation using RapidEye Imagery In: Proceedings of the FIG Working Week 2015 (FIG 2015), May
17–21, 2015.
[19] Polat, Z.A, M. Ustuner, and M. Alkan. On the Way to Vision of Cadastre 2034: Cadastre 2014
Performance of Turkey In: Proceedings of the FIG Working Week 2015 (FIG 2015), May 17–21,
2015.
[20] M. Ustuner., and F. B. Sanli. Crop Pattern Mapping Using Winner Takes All Classification In: Wave-
length 2015. RSPSoc April, 2015.

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 [21] M. Ustuner., F. B. Sanli, S. Abdikan, T. Esetlili, and Y. Kurucu. Crop Type Classification Using
Vegetation Indices of RapidEye Imagery. In: Proceedings of the ISPRS Technical Commission
VII Symposium, September 29– October 2, 2014.
doi:10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-195-2014
[22] Sanli, F. B., S. Abdikan, T. Esetlili, M. Ustuner, and F. Sunar. Fusion of terrasar-x and rapideye
data: a quality analysis. In: Proceedings of the ISPRS Conference on Serving Society with Geoin-
formatics (ISPRS2013-SSG), November 11– 17, 2013.
doi:10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W2-27-2013
[23] M. Ustuner., and F. B. Sanli. Comparison of Neural Network and ISODATA Classifiers for Land
Cover Assessment Using Optical Data In: Proceedings of the FIG Commission 3 Workshop 2012
Spatial Information, Informal Development, Property and Housing,December 10– 14, 2012.

P ROFESSIONAL Referee Service

S ERVICE • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• International Journal of Remote Sensing
• Remote Sensing Letters
• Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
• European Journal of Remote Sensing
• IET Image Processing
• Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
• Journal of Geological Resource and Engineering
• Geoplanning: Journal of Geomatics and Planning
• Geocarto International

P ROFESSIONAL Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Graduate Student Member
M EMBERSHIPS • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• IEEE Computer Society
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Individual Member
ISPRS Student Consortium Board Member (Social Media Coordinator)
UK Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc), Student Member
International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
YES (Young Earth Scientist) Network

R EFERENCES Dr. Fusun Balik Sanli (e-mail: fbalik@yildiz.edu.tr; phone: +90-212-383-5331)

• Associate Professor, Department of Geomatic Engineering, Yildiz Technical University
Dr. Barnali Dixon (e-mail: bdixon@mail.usf.edu; phone: +1-727-873-4025)
• Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Geography , University of South Florida St. Petersburg
(USFSP)
Dr. Fabiana Calo (e-mail: calo.f@irea.cnr.it; phone: +39-081-76206-33)
• Research Fellow, Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), National Re-
search Council of Italy (CNR)
Dr. Helmi Zulhaidi Bin Mohd Shafri (e-mail: helmi@upm.edu.my; phone: +60-3-89466459)
• Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dr. Pedram Ghamisi (e-mail: pedram.ghamisi@dlr.de; phone: +49-8153-28-4296)
• Group Head, Machine Learning group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Helmholtz Insti-
tute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Dresden, Germany

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